A few months ago I acquired the DVD box set of every episode of Seinfeld, all nine seasons. Since then, I’ve been making my way through them one hilarious 22-minute episode at a time. It’s always funny to see actors in guest spots on old television shows that later went on to become more famous. Imagine my surprise when I got to the first episode of season six, The Mango, and see that George’s girlfriend is played by 27-year-old Lisa Edelstein, who now plays Dr. Lisa Cuddy on my current favorite television show, House.

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I found these videos on YouTube, too.

The next two videos must be from The Masseuse, which I haven’t made it to yet.

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Google News (my browser homepage) uses sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms to group news stories together. It does a really excellent job, and any bias shown is that of a whole media. Still, occasionally it makes mistakes, often with humorous consequences. Check out the juxtaposition of the story with the image here:

Nice find. I went through the same process about a year and a half ago (before I knew who Dr. Cuddy was). I can watch these things over and over, particularly any episode involving Frank Costanza, my favorite misanthrope.

http://www.hillbillyplease.com/blog/ jane

This is one of those times when I wonder how we are all friends. I cannot stand Seinfeld. Truly. I cannot abide it.

There are plenty of funny thing from the series that I appreciate, which is good since it seems to be required by law, but the overall viewing experience just pisses me right the hell off.

http://www.thegradys.net Alan

I agree. I’m a huge fan of TV and I like most everything on some level, but Seinfeld was like fingernails down a chalkboard to me. A show about nothing was exactly that… a show about nothing. I don’t care to watch people in line at a movie theatre or that they want soup really bad.

There are times that I laugh, but overall it’s painful to me. I know I’m in the minority, but so be it.

http://www.smattery.com/blog andrea

I have to say, I’m with Jane on this one. Seinfeld: shudder.

http://www.hillbillyplease.com/blog/ jane

Solidarity!

http://www.isoglossia.com sgazzetti

Seinfeld seems to be pretty polarizing, and I have to say that I can understand the point of the dissenters — Seinfeld himself is smarmy and a terrible actor, and the whole show is built around the idea of nothing happening to self-absorbed, distasteful people. But it still cracks me up.

Fortunately, you don’t have to laugh at exactly 100% of the things I laugh at for me to tolerate you. On that I expect — demand, require — reciprocity.

http://www.hillbillyplease.com/blog/ jane

Yes, and that kind of reciprocity is really the only way to go since I willingly watch America’s Next Top Model.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aparejador/3901414625/ Ray Tibbitts

“since I willingly watch Americaâ€™s Next Top Model”

Oh, dear lord!

“Reality TV” makes me think of re-reading Lord of the Flies,

for the laughs.

I’m kind of new here, and have an asymptotical sense of humor, that approaches both nothing and infinity, without really getting it.